Congenital anomalies among the offspring of fire fighters

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-86

  Aronson, Kristan J ^a,d   Dodds, Linda A ^b   Marrett, Loraine ^a,c   Wall, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Grace Maternity Hospital   (Canada)

^c Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

birth defects; cardiovascular malformations; case control studies; congenital heart disease; epidemiology; fire fighting; paternal exposures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMPLOYMENT; FATHERS; FIRES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029758685     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199607)30:1<83::AID-AJIM14>3.3.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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